It's the sort of film that gives rise to the awed question, 'How did he do that?'
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01/05/03
Spirited Away (2002)
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Reviews Counted:154
Fresh:150
Rotten:4
Average Rating:8.5/10
Consensus: Hayao Miyazaki's dazzling, enchanting Spirited Away takes viewers, young and old alike, through the looking glass.
Runtime: 2 hrs 12 mins
Genre: Childrens
US Box Office: $9,855,615
Synopsis: Directed by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, SPIRITED AWAY is the tale of Chihiro (voiced by Daveigh Chase), a young girl who is taken down an unusual road by her parents while moving to a new home... [More]
Starring: Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Michael Chiklis, Susan Egan
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Reviews for Spirited Away
41 - 60 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Taking a page from “Alice In Wonderland” seems to have helped.
12/29/02
It's weird, wonderful, and not necessarily for kids.
12/17/02
A wierd and fulfilling fantasy, chalk full of inspired transporting imagery, crucial to the success of animated films but in short supply of late.
12/09/02
The imagery is rich, colorful and imaginative -- as you'd expect from Miyazaki.
12/06/02
The best animated feature to hit theaters since Beauty and the Beast 11 years ago.
11/20/02
We are thrust into a kaleidoscopic wonderland for more than two hours, quite long for an animated film. There’s enough adventure and jeopardy in this film to fill five films of this nature.
11/14/02
It's a bloody shame that the anime film with the strongest theatrical push I can remember has to be this one.
11/08/02
Miyazaki's nonstop images are so stunning, and his imagination so vivid, that the only possible complaint you could have about Spirited Away is that there is no rest period, no timeout.
11/04/02
Sorry, y'all -- I give up.
11/03/02
La cinta animada más hermosa que he visto jamás.
10/22/02
Prepare to be Spirited Away by this amazing animated film.
10/21/02
Filled with haunting imagery, subtly rendered characters and an emotional core absent from most anime, Spirited Away is a rich cinematic experience, a story that reads like direct translation of the director’s dream...
10/21/02
Spirited Away conjures up a beautiful, diverse, richly envisioned tale that constantly delights... even when it verges on the limits of coherence.
10/21/02
In scene after scene, Spirited Away unleashes so much wonder and visual imagination that you end up watching the movie in a state of rapturous, awestruck bliss.
10/18/02
It's perplexing but always enthralling.
10/18/02
The version you'll see has been well dubbed.
10/18/02
A feast for lovers of animation.
10/18/02
Miyazaki ... conjures up worlds that are wondrously bizarre yet follow their own peculiar logic.
10/18/02
It's easy to get lost amid the flow, as characters transform and magical powers emerge and disappear without warning.
10/18/02
Latest News for Spirited Away
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August 21, 2008:
Japanese Audiences Flocking to Miyazaki's Latest 
He delighted audiences with Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle -- and now director Hayao Miyazaki is doing it all over again with his latest film, Ponyo on the Cliff by the... More...
March 20, 2007:
Will Miyazaki's Next Film Be His Last?
It's been speculated that legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki will retire after the release of his next film, "Ponyo on a Cliff," but now it looks like we'll have at... More...
October 03, 2006:
Miyazaki Prepares Next Animation Classic
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